Army Commander Shavendra Silva today stated that measures are being taken to bring down all expatriates into the country despite the false reports circulating on social media sites. “There are allegations levelled against the government on social media and some of them say expatriates are suffering in foreign countries without being able to return to Sri Lanka. We understand their discomfort and we have already taken measures to bring them down in groups,” he stated. He said that the Army was first informed that only 45,000 expatriates are awaiting return to the country and they had made arrangements for them to return to Sri Lanka. He further stated that 674 expatraites from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Maldives were brought to Sri Lanka yesterday and a similar amount is to be brought down today as well,

Source: The Nation February 15, 2021 06:06 UTC